Adiantum

the genus of ferns known as including upwards of sixty species, of hot and temperate climates. They have hair-like leaf-stalks, often black; leaflets, ADIANTUM (Capillus veneris). trapezoid, pinnate, or pedate; veins, or netted; and fructification, oblong or and covered by the reflexed margin of the They are closely related to the Bracken A syrup is prepared from them, known Capillaire.